North America Distribution

Facts

Thread-leaved sundew has a multiply-disjunct near-coastal distribution ranging from the Florida panhandle to Nova Scotia, including southern New England. In Massachusetts (and formerly in Connecticut and Rhode Island) it can be found on coastal plain pond shores and fens.

Habitat

Fens (calcium-rich wetlands), shores of rivers or lakes

Characteristics

Habitat

terrestrial

wetlands

New England state

Connecticut

Massachusetts

Rhode Island

Flower petal color

blue to purple

Leaf type

the leaves are simple (lobed or unlobed but not separated into leaflets)

Leaf arrangement

alternate: there is one leaf per node along the stem

the leaves are growing only at the base of the plant (basal)

Leaf blade edges

the edge of the leaf blade is entire (has no teeth or lobes)

Flower symmetry

there are two or more ways to evenly divide the flower (the flower is radially symmetrical)